Our guest speaker was Karen Thayer, editor of the Vienna Voice newsletter – one of the last area newsletters in full-color, printed form, mailed to all local households and businesses; it is posted online on the Town website: www.viennava.gov/voice. Vienna Voice archives, back to 1960, can be viewed online. Lion Tom Comi engages regularly with Karen to publish monthly ads about Lions Charity Fundraiser Night at Fosters Grille in Vienna.  Karen told us about the  publishing process, and gave each Lion a 2026 calendar, and a nice tote-bag.

We thank our great customers for ordering on-line for our December 2025 Citrus Sale.

Reminder: Pick up your orders at American Legion Post 177, 3939 Oak Street, Fairfax, VA. The sales van will be open: Thursday-Friday (Dec 18-19) 9am-5pm, and Saturday Dec 20, 9am-noon. ALL ORDERS MUST BE PICKED-UP BY NOON SATURDAY!

We have LIMITED amounts of extra fruit/peanuts available for purchase at the pick-up location. Come early to have the best chance of getting what you want!

Tell your friends & neighbors! Watch for email about March 2026 Fruit Sale, with Valencia Oranges.

Early Thanksgiving week, Fairfax Lions assembled 30 family food baskets at Main Street Child Development Center in Fairfax, VA. The holiday meals are for local families selected by our partner, Main ST CDC. Best wishes to all for a wonderful Thanksgiving!

November 20-22, our wonderful supporting customers picked up the 368 cases of fruit (Ruby-Red Grapefruit & Mandarins), plus Vermont Maple Syrup and Whitley’s VA peanuts they had purchased. Fruit sales are our primary charity fund raising activities; we sincerely appreciate the support of our local customer base!

Lion Corey surprised Lion Joe B (native Italian) with a gift of holiday chestnuts. 

Once a principal food source, Italians grew chestnuts to make flour for bread and polenta.  Italy’s love of chestnuts started in Roman times, when chestnuts were a form of currency, especially when crops failed due to poor weather.  Chestnuts were once a staple for the poor man’s diet.  They evolved from an everyday food to a delicacy.  Chestnuts paired with wine are a traditional food combination associated with harvest.  Available from Sept-Feb, most chestnuts found in America are imported from Italy.

Lion Tom changed a few words in “Day-O” to represent the effort by Fairfax Lions Club for its Citrus Fruit Sale…